Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Clermont Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum is 670 feet away, and Oracle Playground is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 230 feet away for the B62, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Clermont Avenue.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Park Av/Vanderbilt Av · B62
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Clermont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, 230 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Vanderbilt Av B62
    230 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Clermont Avenue.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Park Ave 19 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 42 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Greene Hill School
    440 feet
  2. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    670 feet
Show all 8
  1. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    890 feet
  3. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet
  5. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    710 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Clermont Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.